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单词 streit
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streitadj.

Etymology: < Latin strictus, past participle of stringĕre to draw (a sword). The form is due to the confusion of this Latin strictus with the etymologically distinct strictus bound, drawn tight, which was known to be represented by streit , strait adj.
Obsolete. rare.
Of a sword: Drawn.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > [adjective] > drawn
nakedeOE
drawnc1175
streitc1386
unscauberkedc1430
unsheathedc1430
bare1483
unscabbarded1562
c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 537 Whan Ylion Was wonne, and Pirrus with his streite [v.rr. streyte, streighte, streiȝt, streiht] swerd Whan he hadde hent kyng Priam by the berd And slayn hym.
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